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Spring Budget 2024: research and innovation needs robust funding
The Russell Group responds to the Chancellor's Budget announcement, which downplayed the importance of research, innovation and skills for delivering growth
Backing R&D in the Budget can deliver jobs and sustainable growth
Leading research-intensive universities say that backing research and development in the Budget could deliver the jobs and sustainable growth the UK needs to help tackle cost-of-living challenges
University research and innovation generates £38bn for UK economy
A new report by London Economics has revealed the economic impact of research and commercialisation activities at Russell Group universities across the UK
University groups call for health education taskforce
Higher education leaders, including the Russell Group, call for a new taskforce to effectively deliver the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan
Russell Group hosts Dutch universities to discuss AI in education
Representatives from 14 universities in the Netherlands met in London to discuss the opportunities and challenges of AI in higher education
Russell Group statement on recruitment agent practices
Not every Russell Group university uses recruitment agents, but all that do are now pledged to the UK Agent Quality Framework (AQF).
Response to reporting on international student pathways
The Russell Group responds to the Sunday Times article published on 27 January 2024
Russell Group responds to 2024-25 maintenance loan increase
The Russell Group is disappointed to see that there has been no move to correct the maintenance loan shortfall suffered by students in recent years